| 英文摘要 |
Nausea and vomiting is the most experienced side effect of chemotherapy that clinical nurses are difficult to deal with. Even having received the regular antiemetic drugs, the patients experienced some degree of nausea and vomiting. Ginger is one of the traditional aniemetics. However, antiemetic effect on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting has not been recognized. The purpose of this review was to explore the effect of ginger for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting through systemic literature review. There were four controlled trial selected from 67 related articles from 1990 to 2010. The result showed that the effect of ginger was not consistent among trials. Although the exiting research results have not yet clear, ginger may have additional help and did not cause any side effects as modern antiemetic drug. For clinical recommendation, we suggest that the conservative effect of ginger should be carefully explained and any effects and side effects should be tracked vigorously. In addition, limitations of current studies included small sample size, lack of double-blind design, and inconsistent dosage of ginger. Future study should overcome these obstacles in order to serve as framework of evidenced-based practice and to improve the quality of clinical care. |
